The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 26, 2083
Waxing Gibbous
57.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 AM
1:46 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.9%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1980
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.3° / 64.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 47m / 21.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.94° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.26° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.63° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.